Mum and Dad visited me for three weeks. We had a great time. They arrived on the Saturday whilst I was in Colorado on Fulbright Fall Meeting. When I returned on the Tuesday, they were still really very jet lagged. By the next weekend they were starting to aclimatize and we travelled to the coast. We visited Florence, Newport and Yachats. The weather was freezing, and typically breezy, but we had a great time. We visited the aquarium, the sea lion caves (although they were out...twice..so we didn't pay 9 bucks to see the caves minus the animals) and we had a lovely walk along the beach at Seal Rock and saw some seals at no cost at all. Wednesday the 10th October arrived and I turned the BIG 3-0! A bit of a depressing thought,
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